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Universidad de Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Havana, Cuba
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St. Thomas University alumni and guests celebrated the university’s 70th anniversary on Saturday, Dec. 10.
STU, originally founded in 1946 as the Universidad de Santo Tomas de Villanueva in Havana, Cuba, by American Augustinian priests from Philadelphia, was ordered to close its doors in 1961 by Fidel Castro. But many of its administrators, faculty and students were determined to continue their education, and came to Miami, Fla., to start a new Catholic men’s college – Biscayne College. In 1984, the college became St. Thomas University.
Students who persevered through the closing of the university in Cuba and fled to the United States to complete their degree will also be in attendance.
For more on event and its guests stories, see Jim Davis’ story on the Archdiocese of Miami’s website.
